The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 5, 1943
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 AM
8:01 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 249
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 139.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 52m / -13.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.59° / -0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.42° / 0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.65° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.